Category: 4K Drama

Starred Up While many remakes come away as superfluous name grabs, A Star Is Born, with its timeless story of success, depression, and loss, serves to build a superstar. …

Breaking Chicago Widows is a basic heist movie. It opens with a shoot-out. Chased by police, robbers attempt an escape in their van, firing shots from the open rear …

“The List is Life” Spielberg’s Holocaust film released in 1993. Where his other ‘93 production, Jurassic Park visibly looks part of its decade, Schindler’s List is the rare film …

Small Step, Big Cinema Protesters collect near the NASA launchpad that will eventually send Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon; a poet asks why money …

Looking for Right Set at the 1960’s end, Bad Times at the El Royale plays to its period. It’s a story of seven people coming together inadvertently, each likely …

Oopsies Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively form an unusual, desperate friendship in A Simple Favor. In personality, they represent oil and water; when together, they bond. It’s an unusual …

In the Heart of Texas The sun barely shines in Galveston. It’s as physically dark as it is metaphorically. An aging mob hitman, a teenage hooker, and a three …

Duking Duke BlacKkKlansman is a political weapon. It has every intent on being one too. Spike Lee rarely subscribes to subtly in his work, but BlacKkKlansman, given its place …

Plenty of Vacancy The world of Hotel Artemis is a capitalist hell hole. On this night, Los Angeles’ population riots on the street against the company who privatized the …

Shrimping After Forrest Gump begins running, news reports tell their audience Gump is a, “gardener from Alabama.” Two things – it’s a statement on media illiteracy as Gump is …

Cruel Warfare Braveheart’s lasting appeal lies in its universality. A commoner rises against the political elite for the sake of freedom. It’s historical Scotland, with the POV of an …

Moral Reality Saving Private Ryan’s greatness comes from confronting war’s cruel lethality. It’s not only gore or the cinema verite camerawork. In among the multitude of expertly threaded small …